Biography/History

The van Outer family moved from the Netherlands to the United States and they received their naturalization certificate in 1915; however they had been living in America for several years prior to that. The date of birth for Cornelis, the oldest son, is unknown. Johanna (van Outer) Rice was born in 1911. The van Outer family purchased their home at 425 Clifton Avenue in Lexington Kentucky in 1913. Henry, the youngest son, was born in 1915. Johanna van Dort van Outer (Johanna Rice's mother) died in 1919. Cornelis van Outer (Johanna Rice's father) remarried Miss Rose Lee Gebhardt in 1923 and had another son named Robert Earl van Outer in 1925. Robert died in 1928 at the age of three and Rose passed away in 1937. Cornelis van Outer died in 1975 at the age of 91. Johanna Rice passed away in 2006.

Scope and Content

The Johanna Rice van Outer scrapbooks contain photographs, newspaper clippings, marriage certificates, birth certificates, death certificates, school certificates, a naturalization certificate, deeds, and wills pertaining to the van Outer family. The materials pertain primarily to Johanna van Dort van Outer (Johanna Rice's mother), Cornelis van Outer (Johanna Rice's father), Cornelis van Outer (Oldest son), Johanna (van Outer) Rice, and Henry van Outer (Youngest son). The family lived in the Clifton Park neighborhood which is the area that the Young Library (University of Kentucky) is now located. The content came from one small scrap book which contained newspaper clippings and items #1-30; and 1 large scrap book which contained everything from item #31 forward. The photographs are casual snapshots of the family and their life. The descriptions contained within quotation marks were taken directly from the pictures.

Subjects

van Outer family.

Lexington (Ky).

Clifton Park (Lexington, Ky.)

Domestic life -- Kentucky -- Lexington.

Families -- Kentucky -- Lexington.

Manners and customs -- Kentucky -- Lexington.

User Restrictions

The intellectual rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections.

Collection Inventory

Newspaper clippings from small photo album about the Clifton Neighborhood

"C.S. van Outer 1912?" man on bicycle circa 1912

"Papa, Cor, Mr. Barker 1911" with a horse and wagon circa 1911

(From this point forward all items came from the large photo album) 2 certificates that are written in German

[box: 1, folder: 2]

Certificate to Cornelis Sta van Uiter written in German with an English translation "This certificate is given to Cornelis Sta van Uiter an attendant of an elementary school and upon his leaving his completed tenure has shown a satisfactory scholarship at all time to his teachers. They are hoping that this certificate may be an urging for him to continue to go on as shown in his class rooms."

[box: 1, folder: 3]

Certificate in German with a numbered card "4304. Vier Duizend Drie Honderd Vier." that corresponds to the number on the certificate

[box: 1, folder: 4]

Certificate in German

[box: 1, folder: 5]

Certificate in German

[box: 1, folder: 6]

Certificate in German

[box: 1, folder: 7]

Marriage Certificate "This is to certify that on the 3rd day of September 1908 the rites of matrimony were legally solemnized by me between Cornelis Sta van Uiter and Johanna Jacob Hendrika Van Dort at Lexington, KY in the county of Fayette in the presence of C.L. Williamson and [?] and John [?]. Signed [?]. 1908

Receipts from the Lexington Cemetery Co. "July 6, 1919 Received 21 dollars, from Mr. W.R. Milward being for single grave no. 30 in section C1 lot N and opening and closing grave in which the remains of Mrs. Johanna van D. van Outer were this day interred July 6, 1919 Lexington, Cemetery Company." ; Receipt from W.R. Milward, Dr. Funeral Director and Embalmer that was paid March 22, 1919 1919

"Papa, Henry, Rose, Bobby, Eliz. Gebhardt 1926" circa 1926

A will September 18, 1937 ; a $10 bill from 1934; a newspaper clipping about the death and funeral of Robert van Outer; a newspaper clipping January 23, 1953 "Attack Fatal to Dr. Bullock , Prominent Retired Surgeon" 1934-1953

[box: 1, folder: 12]

Transfer of grounds in the Lexington Cemetery from Mary M. Young to Cornelis S. can Outer and Mrs. Rose G. van Outer on December 6, 1928. circa 1928

[box: 1, folder: 13]

Photograph of an unidentified building

[box: 1, folder: 14]

Christmas card from C. S. van Outer 1973. circa 1973

[box: 1, folder: 15]

American Medical Association stationary that is blank

[box: 1, folder: 16]

Deed and contract between Jan Smits and Cornelis Sta van Uiter and Johanna J.H. Sta can Uiter on June 2, 1913. circa 1913